Meanings
nounbeardfish (plural beardfishes or beardfish)
plural beardfishes
- Any of various deep-sea fish, of the family Polymixiidae, that have a pair of long hyoid barbels.
Origin
From beard + fish, because of its barbels.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish partakala
- partakalafish of the Polymixiidae family
German Bartfisch
- Bartfischfish of the Polymixiidae family
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APA
beardfish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beardfish
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“beardfish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beardfish. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “beardfish,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beardfish.
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